BAE Norfolk wins $29.4 million CG64 award

MAY 6, 2016 — BAE Systems has received a $29.4 million competitively awarded contract from the U.S. Navy to maintain the USS Gettysburg (CG 64), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser. The contract

Austal wins 19 vessel Pacific Patrol Boat contract

MAY 5, 2016 — The Commonwealth of Australia today awarded Austal an A$305 million (US$228.1 million) contract for the Pacific Patrol Boats Replacement (PPBR) Project, taking the shipbuilder’s Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard

Bollinger wins FRC contract worth potential $1.42 billion

MAY 4, 2016 —In Phase 2 of its FRC acquisition program, the U.S. Coast Guard today awarded a contract to Bollinger Shipyards LLC, Lockport, LA, for the procurement of up to 26

Dennis Brewster joins C&C Marine

MAY 4, 2016 — Dennis Brewster has joined C&C Marine and Repair, L.L.C. Belle Chasse, LA, as Vice President of Inland Sales.   Mr. Brewster will be responsible for marketing C&C Marine’s

Sabine Pilots take delivery of new launch

MAY 3, 2016 — The Port Arthur, TX, based Sabine Pilots have taken delivery of their first boat to be built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, MA. With a deep-V hull

NNS VP Jennifer Boykin receives YWCA award

MAY 2, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Jennifer Boykin, vice president of engineering and design at its company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, has received a 2016 YWCA Women of

Ingalls Shipbuilding starts fabrication of DDG 121

APRIL 27, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division today marked the start of fabrication for the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) for the

NASSCO christens Kinder Morgan LNG-ready tanker

APRIL 25, 2016 — General Dynamics NASSCO hosted a christening ceremony at its San Diego, CA, shipyard Saturday for the second ECO Class Jones Act tanker under construction for Kinder Morgan subsidiary

VIDEO: NNS completes 965 ton CVN 79 superlift

APRIL 23, 216 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has released video showing its Newport News Shipbuilding division placing a 965-ton structure dry dock using the shipyard’s 1,050-t gantry crane, continuing the construction

Shipbuilders Council announces safety award winners

APRIL 20, 2016 – The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) has announced the recipients of its annual safety awards.  The safety awards enhance shipyard operations and promote safety through recognition and promotion

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